Browns zero in on No. 1 pick, trade for veteran QB unlikely

Browns zero in on No. 1 pick, trade for veteran QB unlikely

Galena Nuncio
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21 Abril, 2017, 18:16

The Browns also own the No. 12 pick  Cleveland has five of the first 65 selections  and could be targeting a quarterback. Garrett is the consensus guy in a lot of circles and is assumed to be the player the Browns will take if they decide to keep the No. 1 pick and not trade back.

Brown says they've narrowed down the prospects but wouldn't comment on specifics.

The Browns GM would not reveal who the team will select No. 1 overall. For those keeping score at home: football person Hue Jackson is on record as wanting Myles Garrett as is Williams, the Browns analytics have reportedly given Garrett an astronomical grade, and every website that favors analytics has done the same.

The Buffalo Bills have expressed interest in picking a quarterback in the draft despite bringing back Tyrod Taylor, and they will have Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson in for a visit tomorrow, according to ESPN's Josina Anderson. The Bears get to kill two birds with one stone, getting a defensive lineman they covet without having to get a rookie. They also could look to acquire one in a trade with their treasure trove of picks, with the Patriots' Jimmy Garoppolo being a popular name on the Browns' radar, despite reports the Patriots won't move him. It doesn't mean that if there is a player there we might not go take a shot. And they don't really have a choice; the economics of the draft are such that passing on a talent like Garrett with the top overall pick and watching him blossom into the next great pass rusher is precisely the sort of thing that will get multiple people fired. Another draft possibility is quarterback Mitch Trubisky of North Carolina. We've said the draft is going to be the pipeline.

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I just don't think the Browns are going to move up from No. 12 to get Trubisky.

Haden's feelings on Garrett were evident to the point that he said once Garrett is taken first, what follows won't matter.

Brown was asked if the team is concerned about Trubisky's truncated history as a college starter after Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said this week: "The question is why wasn't all that talent starting for the last three years?" Contrary to what some in the national media will lead you to believe, debate doesn't equal division and those conversations are something Brown not only encourages but believes in. Cleveland accepted the quarterback's cumbersome contract in exchange for draft compensation from Houston, taking on Osweiler's fully-guaranteed $16 million salary for 2017. We do have a pretty good sense, and it is important because we want to plan for us as we move forward. He ranked at No. 10 in the nation last season with total yards of 3,748 and threw for 30 touchdowns while being sacked six times and picked off 20.

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